NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it read it you'll enjoy it
mightily' Daily MirrorThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force an epic saga of one Pilot-Major
John Blackthorne and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both
entertaining and incisive SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different
world.Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores the novel charts Blackthorne's
rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually
Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.'I can't remember when a novel has
seized my mind like this one. It's irresistible maybe unforgettable. Clavell creates a world
so enveloping you forget who and where you are' - New York Times
